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Happy Mid-May everyone! I know we've all been wondering what's going on with EPs (or lack of them) and I'm just hoping it's that they are busy looking through everything from April. So, here's our opportunity to pick our hopefuls. I'm on a diet, so I guess the alcohol and chocolate aren't really what I should be eating - but, boy do they sound delicious! If everyone could please have a drink and eat some chocolate for me, I would greatly appreciate it! Be sure to tell me what you had so I can properly adjust my envy.

I can't wait to see your hopefuls/favorites! Remember, the hints below ONLY work if you have NOT entered yet on the day you share on this thread.

Helpful hints for attaching photos into Forum Threads: 1) Sign into BP completely (name + password.) 2) If you have NOT YET entered the Contest today, you can use the "Photo ID" to pull an existing image from your Member Center into your reply to this thread (avoiding a duplicate image upload.) Get the Photo ID# from your Member Center, come to back this thread, click Respond, enter the text of your reply, then choose "1" from the images-to-attach drop-down. Click Submit; at the next screen populate the "Photo ID" box at the right. Skip the other fields on that screen. 3) If you HAVE ALREADY entered the Contest today before replying to this thread, you can't use the Photo ID method today. You can either wait until tomorrow to reply here (before your new Contest entry!) or, upload a new copy of the particular image (from your PC) into this thread. This produces a duplicate image in your Member Center; however, you don't have to make that duplicate visible in your Gallery. 4) If you're uploading a duplicate, maybe title it "For Forum" so it stands out in your Member Center, for easier housecleaning later... This can help direct viewers to find the original image in your gallery, when they want to leave a comment. Likewise, if you want to add a comment to a photo seen here, try to tell if it is a duplicate upload. As a courtesy, try to find the original image in the member's gallery and leave your comment there instead of on the duplicate---that way, if the duplicate is deleted later, the comment history isn't lost.

Well, not a lot of EP's for me to chose from for April. This one already has a bit of gold, hopefully it will see some more.If you want to stroll through my April entries, they start with "The Arch", and continue through "Fire Storm"

Hmmm... tough one this time - My April included 10 days of vacation where I didn't enter anything, then only about 10 new entries and 8 resubs, while I was watching/pondering the change in EP pattern. I've posted for today, so I'll try to remember to select a favorite from my "lite" April pool of entries, tomorrow!

Okay, so, here's my favorite for the month. And, if anyone wants to peek, my April entries start with At the Heart and go through Canna (I bookended the entries with some flowers to make it easier). Fingers crossed for us all!

Only a few to choose from for me(!), but at least my fave for the month got an EP. So here is my hopeful, entered in Flowers.

And here's some weirdness ... on the last day of the month, I always go to the Contest Entries link in my Member Center and print out my entries for the month. I just noticed that my April printout clearly lists 12 photos, with their info and thumbnails, but the heading says "You have entered 11 photo(s) into the contest this month". Strange. Wonder which one is missing ... :(

Just tagging for now. I've done very little in May, just six entries so far. I almost forgot about this thread! I have 11 entries to chose from for April. I've already posted today so I'll post a fav tomorrow. If anyone wants to take a peek at my entries they run from Welcome Mat on pg1 to Sundrenched on pg2.

Kerby - it is possible to post multiple images. After putting your first image number in the box, click on submit. When you get to the success page, use your browser's back button to take you back a page. Delete the image number and add the second image number. Hit submit. You can repeat this as many times as you'd like. As long as you don't leave the success page, you should be good.

Congratulations to all the Finalists for April! It has been a long time since I picked a fav of mine in this thread (let alone 2!) and they both went on to Finalist. I about fell out of my chair to find I also had 4 more Finalists waiting! Of the 6, four were direct resubmits from my gallery - so for those who never consider or try a resubmit, this is yet another example of the value of resubmitting images you really believe in!Best of luck in the next round!